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Yes you are correct. Most of the posters on that list are very prolific posters. It's relatively easy to get karma if you spend 10 hours on HN and immediately submit the latest bre…

There is quite a large difference between a new car vs. a used car to the buyer. New cars have the new car look and smell and status, and typically have better features, mileage, s…

Microsoft is advertising the Xbox on the 360 dashboard with the preorder pointing to Microsoft Store, same with the emails they sent to every Xbox Live user, while the PS3 is prima…

>created a near-ubiquitous OS that was so insecure that it allowed rootkits to be installed.. For a second I thought you were referring to Google. http://www.crn.com/news/security/…

How is the Kinect different from every smartphone, tablet with microphones and cameras that we all always carry around even to bathrooms, bedrooms and confidential meetings? > $100…

Reposting my earlier comment on the other thread that went off front page: They should rename the Xbox One to the Xbox 180, it would be a perfect name! On a more serious note, I do…

Previous discussion from a few minutes ago, not on front page anymore. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5907976

I am confused here. >If he or she wants to play it without the disc then they need to buy a new code. From who? A used game code? Or a new one? How is that any different from the r…

>Just put a code into the game case that allows for discless play, and require an online connection to install the game to the hd and unlock it for discless play. Not rocket scienc…

They should rename the Xbox One to the Xbox 180, it would be very apt. On a more serious note, I don't like this rollback. It only goes to show how the witchhunt and echo chamber o…

Microsoft didn't kill Silverlight, the iPad killed Silverlight. As for VB6, I think many here would agree that it was better off killed. You can still run VB6 apps on even Windows …

Thank you for your contributions to Clojure, it's a great step forward among all the other procedural languages around.